A wedding. A handshake. A kiss. A coronation. A parade. A dance. A meal. A graduation. A Mass. A ritual is the performance of an intuition, the rehearsal of a dream, the playing of a game. A sacrament is the breaking through of the sacred into the profane, a ritual is the ceremonial acting out of the profane in oder to show forth its sacredness. A sacrament is God offering his holiness to men, a ritual is men raising up the holiness of their humanity to God. --Frederick Buechner Send this quote to a friend 1 The major difference between hating and loving is perhaps that whereas to love somebody is to be fulfilled and enriched by the experience, to hate somebody is to be diminished and drained by it. Lovers, by losing themselves in their loving, find themselves, become themselves. Hater simply lose themselves. Theirs is the ultimately "consuming" passion. --Frederick Buechner Send this quote to a friend 2 'Ah, well, yes, you see, one of the things that makes folks even more jolly is knowing there're people who ain't,' said Albert, in a matter-of-fact voice. 'That's how it goes, master. Master?' Send this quote to a friend 3 No labour bestowed upon a worthless thing can be productive of fruit; even by a hundred efforts a crane cannot be made to talk like a parrot. The Hitopadesa (600?-1100? A.D.) Send this quote to a friend 4 There was an accident betwen a Thunderbird and a Mustang, Horseshit and feathers everywhere. Send this quote to a friend 5